The crowd of attendees apparently having ignored his entreaty to relinquish their wireless connections, Huang told the audience that they “suck.”

The irony of the technology failings at a conference designed to showcase the wonders of the world of Internet-connected gadgets is hard to miss. But of course, Huang is only the latest of a long line of victims whose presentations have been foiled by wireless woes, including Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Give Huang credit for adding some entertainment to the age of technology glitches.